At the 9th Annual Global CSR and Summit Awards, Dubai Duty Free was a Gold and Bronze awardee for the CSR Leadership Award and Best Environmental Excellence Award respectively, at a special event held on 30th March.

SITAONAIR is to pioneer inflight mobile services using high-speed broadband connectivity.

Panasonic has launched its NEXTTM inflight entertainment and communications (IFEC) platform – the company's newest IFEC solution.

Etihad Airways has said it has continued to make improvements in the fuel efficiency of its fleet, resulting in substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and reinforcing the sustainability credentials of the airline.

Air Tanzania has completed the cutover of its reservation and passenger service system to Crane PAX provided by Hitit Computer Services.

Since launching 3G inflight connectivity one year ago, AeroMobile has revealed a 160 percent increase in inflight data usage year on year.

Honeywell has said its high-speed broadband Wi-Fi system, designed to provide aircraft with Internet speeds similar to those in homes and offices is now an option for new Dassault Falcon business jets.

Aviation IT specialist, SITA, rolled out several community innovation demos with an eye toward the future at this year's Air Transport IT Summit being held in Barcelona. These forward-looking innovations are part of SITA's 2016 multi-million investment across five main focus areas to explore new solutions to some of the air transport industry's most pressing challenges.